Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 794 · 40 questions

Tip (Show, don’t pad): Include: contact details (mobile, email, city), education and marks, skills, projects, activities and clubs, awards, languages, volunteer work. Leave out: bank details, your Aadhaar number, passwords, party selfies, other people’s marks, long life stories and anything made up. One page, one plain font; be ready to explain every line with a short example.

1. 1.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) B.Com first year (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) eco club member
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) volunteer work (c) skills like typing (d) your phone and email
4. 4.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) school football team (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) eco club member (d) built a rain gauge model
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
6. 6.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) school football team (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) built a rain gauge model
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) clubs and activities (d) your passwords
8. 8.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) skills like typing (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) awards and prizes (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) languages you know (c) a long life story (d) school and marks
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) projects
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) a long life story
16. 16.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) clubs and activities
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) languages you know (c) made-up marks (d) awards and prizes
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
20. 20.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) five pages
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
22. 22.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
24. 24.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) volunteer work (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
26. 26.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) made-up jobs
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) volunteer work (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie
28. 28.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) volunteer work (c) languages you know (d) your phone and email
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
30. 30.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
31. 31.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) debate club secretary (c) B.Com first year (d) spreadsheets (basic)
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) your city and PIN code (c) an email ID (d) eco club member
34. 34.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your Aadhaar number (c) school and marks (d) skills like typing
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a mobile number (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a website for our club
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False

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